Some blogs are writing about this new snow shovel design. I thought maybe some of you might find it useful/maybe awesome? So I posted it. As a mechanical engineer, I like it when a better mousetrap is created.

As a person who has lived their whole life along the coast of California, I know very little about dealing with snow (aside from the occasional mountaineering trip that is) so I can't tell you if this is a better mousetrap or not.

I think it would work well for wet, heavy snow, which tends to clog a snowblower fairly quickly and is much harder on your back with a regular shovel. Shoulda bought my dad one for Christmas, he's always whining about the snowblower

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I won't be rushing out to buy one. For one, if you have to push more than 6" of snow more than about 10' it's going to go over the top. Second, it's worse than worthless for stairs. Finally, for $140 I can hire my neighbor's kids to shovel me out of at least seven big storms and not lay a hand on a shovel myself the entire time.

Where I live the sidewalks aren't even after years of freeze and thaw. I could see getting this thing going at a pretty good clip, catching a raised portion of the walk and knocking the wind out of myself as the handle drove into my solar-plexis.